Thursday, October 22, 2015

Increasing Federal and State Investment in Public Transit

Increasing Federal and State Investment in Public Transit

Saturday, October 24, 2015, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm

SEIU Local 32BJ/ District 615 • 26 West St, 2nd Floor • Park St T • Boston

RegisterPublic Transit is a Public Good that Deserves and Requires Public Funding

The Budget for All Coalition invites you to a half-day forum
  • The state of public transit in Eastern Massachusetts
  • Investments needed for a modern and efficient public transportation system
  • The impact of public transit privatization on riders, T employees and their unions
  • The need for re-allocation of our Federal Tax Dollars to mass transit
  • A role for the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Peoples Budget in mobilizing to improve mass transit
Panelists include:
Phineas Baxandall, Mass Budget & Policy Center
Cathy Ann Buckley, Mass Sierra Club
Emmanuell DeBarros, T Riders Union at Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE)
Representative, Boston Carmen's Union, Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union
Marjorie Decker, State Representative, Cambridge
Cole Harrison, Massachusetts Peace Action
Jonathan King, Cambridge Residents Alliance and Budget for All
Jeremy Mendelson, TransitMatters
Joshua Ostroff, Transportation for Massachusetts
Concetta Paul, Save our Section 8
Kirstie Pecci, Mass PIRG
John Ratliff, Mass. Senior Action
Paul Shannon, Budget for All and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Jack Spence, 350 Massachusetts, Transportation working group
RegisterSpace is limited – To attend please pre-register at fed-invest.brownpapertickets.com/. $12 donation requested to cover expenses, no one turned away.
“Investing in public transit is essential to building and strengthening the economic and environmental well-being of our communities today and for future generations” — Community Labor United, "The Path to Better Public Transit"
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